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Today's stock market news focuses on a pre-market slide in the Dow as traders are jittery about President Trump's ability to implement his economic policies and they begin to parse through Republicans' new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

It will be a very busy day for healthcare stocks. Investors will want to keep an eye on health insurance stocks like Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), and CignaInc. (NYSE: CI). In addition, drug stocks like Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) will likely face some pressure.

On Monday, the Dow fell 51 points after a wild session of interest rate speculation, geopolitical tensions, and concerns about the stability of OPEC's agreement to cap excess crude production.

Let's look at the numbers from Monday for the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq:

Although Republicans have unveiled a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, Democrats immediately criticized the plan. In addition, markets are still very concerned that Trump has failed to offer details on his tax reform plan and has instead focused on accusing his predecessor Barack Obama of spying on him during the 2016 campaign.

The uptick in political turmoil has some concerned that the "Trump rally" could face some additional pressure in the weeks ahead. Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald appeared on FOX Business Network's "Varney & Co." yesterday to share his insight on the Trump rally, the Snapchat IPO, and more. Watch the interview, right here.

The markets also anticipate the U.S. Federal Reserve plans to raise interest rates in March 2017. The recent uptick in rate hike expectations comes a few days after Fed Chair Janet Yellen hinted that the next rate hike was probable should we continue to see positive economic data. Last week, inflation levels rose close to the central bank's target rate of 2%. This figure places greater emphasis on Friday's release of the February jobs reports and official unemployment rate. Here's more on the timing of the Fed's next interest rate hike.

Crude oil prices were sliding on forecasts that U.S. shale production is set to rise in 2017. The International Energy Agency released a report stating that such production will increase by roughly 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2022. The global agency explored a range of long-term price increases and the resulting increase that would follow. According to the IEA, an increase of crude prices to $80.00 per barrel would lead to a daily increase of roughly 3 million barrels per day. The WTI crude oil price today dipped 0.1%. Brent crude slid 0.1%.

The social media company is under pressure after the stock fell more than 12.2% during Monday's trading session. Shares fell to their lowest level since last week's IPO after a major advocacy group representing institutional investors approached several stock market index providers. The advocacy group asked to bar companies that fail to provide voting rights to shareholders on the open market from their stock benchmarks.

In pre-market hours, shares of SNAP are off more than 3.2%.

Stocks to Watch Today, March 7, 2017:

Shares of Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) are trying to recover after they fell by 2.5% Monday. The downturn came after the announcement that the food manufacturer had discovered bird flu at one of its facilities.

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is sliding after the company announced a surprising shakeup at one of its top networks. The company's ESPN network has experienced a sharp decline in subscriptions due to rising costs and consumers pulling the plug on the global sports and entertainment network. On Monday, the network announced plans to offer buyouts to several of its key on-air personalities in order to cut costs. This is another huge development for a network that is failing to adjust to the times.

In earnings news, shares of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) fell more than 3.5% after the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings expectations. The sports retailer topped Wall Street earnings and revenue expectations and indicated a nice bump in market share growth and same-store sales. So why is the stock sliding? The company's current quarter profit expectations came in slightly lower than Wall Street forecasts.

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